Chandigarh : Sources reveal, 15 MLAs have been shortlisted for new cabinet in Haryana by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) forming government in the state likely to have from every community including Punjabi, OBC-Dalit and Brahmin faces, expected to include the winners from Ambala Cantt MLA Anil Vij, Ballabhgarh MLA Pandit Moolchand Sharma, Gharaunda MLA Harvinder Kalyan. The sources also reveal that BJP high command can give place to new faces of Jat and non-Jat community in the cabinet by balancing the caste equations. PM Modi and Home Minister Shah’s choice Nayab Singh Saini for the Chief Minister and the new ministers will be appointed in the BJP government amidst an oath ceremony function to be held at Panchkula on 17th October forming a government in the state for the third time. Information also reveals that this time there will be no post of Deputy CM in the BJP government. The BJP has got 48 seats in the 90-member assembly instead of the majority figure of 46, which is two more. Three independent MLAs have also given their unconditional support to the government.
The opinion of former Haryana chief minister as well as presently a Union Minister Manohar Lal will also remain a big power center in finalizing government in the state. A committee composed of central leaders BL Santosh, Manohar Lal, Vinod Tawde and Biplab Kumar Deb is separately discussing the names of ministers. The top leadership of BJP, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, have their own separate report, while a report has also been received from Nayab Singh Saini, who is going to become the Chief Minister. Information reveals that the proposed names of the ministers can be decided on the basis of the common name in these four discussions and reports, as well as the names of those ministers shortlisted.
Sources reveal, there is a provision to appoint 14 ministers in the BJP government, but it is reported that two to three posts will remain vacant, so that the MLAs who are deprived of becoming ministers will keep alive their desire to become ministers in the future. The MLAs whose names have been shortlisted so far expected include Ambala Cantonment MLA Anil Vij, Ballabhgarh MLA Pandit Moolchand Sharma, Gharaunda MLA Harvinder Kalyan, Faridabad MLA Vipul Goyal, Badshahpur MLA Rao Narbir, Barwala MLA Ranbir Gangwa. The names are also likely to get lucky for the ministerial post include Yamuna Nagar MLA Ghanshyam Das Arora, Panipat Rural MLA Mahipal Singh Dhanda, Ateli MLA Aarti Rao, Israna MLA Krishna Panwar, Tosham MLA Shruti Chaudhary, Hansi MLA Vinod Bhyana, Narwana MLA Krishna Kumar Bedi, Gohana MLA Dr. Arvind Sharma, and Radaur MLA Shyam Singh Rana.
Apart from the above MLAs, the names of Jind MLA Dr. Krishna Midha, Sohna MLA Tejpal Tanwar, Samalkha MLA Manmohan Bhadana, Tigaon MLA Rajesh Nagar, Pataudi MLA Bimla Chaudhary, Rewari MLA Laxman Yadav, Dadri MLA Sunil Sangwan, Karnal MLA Jagmohan Anand and Hisar’s independent MLA Savitri Jindal are also included in the discussion list of ministers. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be selected from among them. Nayab Singh Saini, chief-ministerial face of the BJP in the run-up to the 2024 Assembly poll, is set to be elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party meeting to be held at Panchkula tomorrow. Nayab Singh Saini, chief-ministerial face of the BJP in the run-up to the 2024 Assembly poll, is set to be elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party meeting to be held at Panchkula tomorrow. Saini took over as Chief Minister from Manohar Lal Khattar on March 12, 2024, and the campaign was centred around him, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah showcasing him as the CM face.
